Characters: Ran/Gert (
nobodysheroine), Dino/Chase (
fistyguns), Vanilla/Eve (
1artificialgirl) & OPEN TO SPECTATORS.
Date/Time: Sunday, Oct 26th - mid-morning, approx 11 AM.
Location: The bookstore, the Marketplace
Rating: R for violence.
Summary: Ran stumbles across something which makes the tree very unhappy. Notes to participants inside the cut to prevent spoilers.
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And now that I have wept tears of despair . Please let me cling to you . And now that I have died to myself . Please let me see your face )
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She felt her whole body tremble involuntarily as she forced herself forward. “R-Ran I…” The girl fell to her knees and used her arms as support, a horrified look flashing across her features. The blood, Ran’s blood, what do I… She shook her head. Vanilla reached out and touched Ran’s shoulder briefly and closed her eyes. “You’ll be fine Ran. I…” Suddenly she stopped. Vanilla couldn’t promise that ( ... )
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"medic!" He made out that much among the commotion, certain the voice belonged the Vanilla, the girl that had sold him the books. The medical texts he'd been absorbing for the last few days between the basic training he'd been getting ( ... )
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'Before there is peace blood will spill blood and the lake will run red.'
Where was the peace though? Hadn't there been enough blood? What did Ran do to deserve this?
"Bastet is going to find a medic." Her voice was quiet as her expression became a void. If she had been ready, if she had been faster, this might have not happened. Seeing blood and watching people die felt so familiar.
Wait, why was the girl thinking about death? Vanilla knew no matter how much she willed herself to be optimistic it wouldn't help. Ran was dying and there was nothing she could do but watch. Watch the blood run in little rivers and watch the sorrowful group cope.
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The crash had drawn him over, curious spectator mode, a half-eaten meat pie in hand as he wandered towards the focal point of the crowd. The closer he got, the faster he walked, until he threw the food away, found himself at the bookstore instantaneously; at the speed of running inhumanly fast. He stopped outside the window, shoved himself to the front of the crowd peeking inside, and stared.
And stared.
Blood everywhere. Chase and Dino--not really registering, neither was Vanilla. All he could see was Ran, pinned down and coated in red.
I think a scarlet dress would suit her best.
Had that been Dino's idea or his? The randomest thought. No, scarlet doesn't suit her. Was his first coherent response to the scene ( ... )
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He didn't really look down at the shorter girl, raised his free arm absently and wrapped it around her shoulders in a crushing one-armed bear hug. He wasn't sure he could let go of the window. As if holding on to that might hold on to Ran's life. As long as he didn't let go the healers would make it in time and she wouldn't die. There wasn't any logic involved in the though process, just instinct, desperation ( ... )
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She couldn't watch another friend die... why did Lucy have the feeling that this had happened before to her? She'd lost friends before. It had something to do with that first memory she'd received and the overwhelming sadness that had taken over her back then. Lucy averted her face from the window as Dash's grip tightened painfully around her.
"I'm sorry Dash," she whispered as a new set of tears streamed down her face.
She couldn't watch a friend die; she just couldn't.
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